Co-sponsored bills

Provides for the interpretation of trust and will clauses relating to federal estate taxes and generation-skipping transfer taxes when the decedent dies during 2010

Provides for the interpretation of trust and will clauses relating to federal estate taxes and generation-skipping transfer taxes when the decedent dies during 2010.

Ann-Margaret CarrozzaSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the base proportions of approved assessing units in the county of Nassau

Relates to the base proportions of approved assessing units in the county of Nassau.

Harvey WeisenbergSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides that spouses may be granted a judgment of divorce in a timely fashion provided they meet certain conditions

Provides that spouses may be granted a judgment of divorce in a timely fashion provided they meet certain conditions.

Jonathan BingOn the Assembly floor

Relates to enacting the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote

Enacts the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote; creates a compact between the states and the District of Columbia; defines terms.

Jeffrey DinowitzOn the Assembly floor

Prohibits smoking in private passenger cars, vans or trucks where minors less than 14 years of age are passengers in such vehicles; penalties for violation

Prohibits smoking in private passenger cars, vans and trucks where a minor less than 14 years of age is a passenger in such vehicles; provides for rebuttable presumption; provides that violations of…

Nettie MayersohnOn the Senate floor

Authorizes the Hebrew Academy of Nassau county to file an application for a real property tax exemption

Authorizes the Hebrew Academy of Nassau county in the town of Hempstead to file an application for a real property tax exemption.

Earlene HooperReal Property Taxation Committee

Includes possession of four or more stolen bicycles in the crime of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree and the value exceeds $600

Includes possession of four or more stolen bicycles in the crime of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree and the value exceeds six hundred dollars.

Andrew HevesiRules Committee

Permits adoption by two unmarried adult intimate partners

Permits adoption by two unmarried adult intimate partners.

Linda RosenthalOn the Assembly floor

Creates minority and women-owned business enterprise regional advocates

Creates minority and women-owned business enterprise regional advocates; provides that the advocates will help ensure that municipal agencies comply with the provisions of law relating to minority…

Michele TitusRules Committee

Creates a personal income tax check-off box for donations to the school-based health centers fund

Creates a personal income tax check-off box for donations to the school-based health centers fund; creates the school-based health centers fund; specifies the use for which moneys of the fund may be…

Felix OrtizRules Committee

Prohibits the co-mingling of adolescent and adult patients in department run residential facilities

Prohibits the co-mingling of adolescent and adult patients in department run residential facilities.

Matthew TitoneRules Committee

Relates to persons authorized to withdraw blood at the request of a police officer

Establishes certain persons, without being under the supervision and at the direction of a physician, may withdraw blood for the purpose of determining the alcoholic or drug content therein.

Harvey WeisenbergOn the Assembly floor

Prohibits a producer or refiner from selling, transferring, or assigning interest in a retail outlet leased to a motor fuel dealer

Prohibits a producer or refiner from selling, transferring, or assigning interest in a retail outlet leased to a motor fuel dealer unless such producer or refiner makes certain offers to such dealer.

David KoonOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the educational preparation for practice of professional nursing

Requires registered professional nurses to attain a baccalaureate degree in nursing within ten years of their initial licensure; provides exemptions for those currently licensed or enrolled in…

Joseph MorelleCodes Committee

Relates to the ability of government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection

Waives the ability of government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection except where the record reflects artistic creation, or scientific or academic research, or if the agency intends…

Sandy GalefRules Committee

Relates to the disposition of unclaimed cremated remains of a veteran

Establishes the veterans' cremains act, allowing funeral directors to grant qualified veterans' organizations the right to receive the cremains of a veteran which has not been claimed by a relative…

Richard BrodskyRules Committee

Extends the date allowable for exemptions for first-time homebuyers of newly constructed homes

Extends the date allowable for exemptions for first-time homebuyers of newly constructed homes to on or after December 31, 2015.

Robert SweeneyRules Committee

Enacts the "reproductive health act"; repealer

Enacts the "reproductive health act"; provides a fundamental right to choose contraception and the right of a female to determine the course of a pregnancy; authorizes abortion prior to viability;…

Deborah GlickHealth Committee

Requires coverage of orally administered chemotherapy treatments

Requires coverage of orally administered chemotherapy treatments.

Vito LopezInsurance Committee

Relates to the collection of census data

Relates to the collection of census data.

Hakeem JeffriesRules Committee

Directs state building code council to study standardization of state and local building permits to facilitate increased use of solar and wind energy systems

Directs the state fire prevention and building code council to study and report on the standardization of the state building code, and local building codes and permit processes to facilitate…

Steven EnglebrightOn the Assembly floor

Provides that certain people may not possess antique firearms, black powder firearms, or muzzle loading firearms

Provides that certain people may not possess antique firearms, black powder firearms, or muzzle loading firearms.

Albert A. StirpeCodes Committee

Requires that accident and health insurance policies shall provide coverage for screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder

Requires that individual accident and health insurance policies shall provide coverage for screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder.

Joseph MorelleOn the Assembly floor

Requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition

Requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition; establishes fines for violations of this requirement.

Michelle SchimelOn the Senate floor

Relates to the offense of sexual abuse in the first degree

Provides that sexual contact upon a person under the age of 13 by a person 21 years of age or older shall be sexual abuse in the first degree.

RoAnn DestitoOn the Senate floor

Permits the sealing of records of certain nonviolent misdemeanor or nonsexual misdemeanor criminal offenses

Permits the sealing of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses; defines the term "eligible misdemeanor" to mean a misdemeanor that does not have as an element of the offense the use of a…

Joseph LentolCodes Committee

Relates to use of personal confidential information received from veterans or family members of veterans receiving services from the state

Relates to use of personal confidential information received from veterans or family members of veterans receiving services from the state and political subdivisions thereof.

Robert SweeneyVeterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

Relates to the procedural continuity of legislation during the two-year session

Provides that bills which have reached order of third reading but which shall not have been acted on by the house before the end of the first year of the two-year legislative session shall maintain…

Sandy GalefRules Committee

Allows special provisions for certain interior designers

Allows special provisions for certain interior designers who have been practicing interior design for fifteen or more years prior to the effective date of this act to apply for certain exemptions.

Jonathan BingWays And Means Committee

Relates to hours, wages and supplements for work on public work projects including charter schools

Relates to hours, wages and supplements for work on public work projects including charter schools; and relates to contracts for charter school construction.

Rory LancmanLabor Committee

Regulates the closure and reduction in use of state parks, recreational facilities and historic sites

Regulates the closure and reduction in use of state parks, recreational facilities and historic sites; requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to publish a parks…

Steven EnglebrightWays And Means Committee

Requires licensed appearance enhancement professionals to take continuing education classes concerning infection control and transmission

Requires licensed appearance enhancement professionals to successfully complete a prescribed continuing education course or program in the prevention of the transmission of infection and the proper…

Darryl TownsWays And Means Committee

Creates renewable energy credits for retail electric providers, the New York power authority and the Long Island power authority

Creates renewable energy credits for retail electric providers, the New York power authority and the Long Island power authority.

Andrew HevesiEnergy Committee

Enshrines in the state constitution a guarantee that the inherent right of each person to personal privacy shall not be infringed

Enshrines in the state constitution a guarantee that the inherent right of each person to personal privacy shall not be infringed.

Richard BrodskyJudiciary Committee

Relates to fair procedures, practices, and standards for actions by the office of medicaid inspector general and social services districts

Relates to fair procedures, practices, and standards for actions by the office of medicaid inspector general and social services districts.

Richard GottfriedCodes Committee

Prohibits operation of any motor vehicle equipped with device which affects the operation of traffic-control signals

Prohibits the operation of any motor vehicle equipped with a device which affects the operation of traffic-control signals; provides that the possession of such a device shall constitute a traffic…

Jeffrey DinowitzTransportation Committee

Requires the governor to meet with the assembly and with the senate once a month to answer questions relating to the state

Requires the governor to meet with the assembly and with the senate legislature once a month for the purpose of answering questions relating to the strategic direction, financial status and general…

Micah KellnerGovernmental Operations Committee

Relates to medicaid payments to free-standing clinics licensed pursuant to article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law

Relates to medicaid payments to free-standing clinics licensed pursuant to article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law.

Harvey WeisenbergHealth Committee

Enacts the childhood lead poisoning prevention and safe housing act of 2010; repealer

Enacts the childhood lead poisoning prevention and safe housing act of 2010 to make enforcement of lead hazard control standards in the state of New York more certain and more effective; creates a…

Crystal Peoples-StokesHealth Committee

Provides for the licensing of licensed orientation and mobility specialists and vision rehabilitation therapists

Provides for the licensing of licensed orientation and mobility specialists and vision rehabilitation therapists.

Jonathan BingHigher Education Committee

Relates to establishing the disposition of veterans' cremated remains act

Relates to establishing the disposition of veterans' cremated remains act.

Andrew RaiaStricken

Makes conforming technical changes to the New York City administrative code and the emergency tenant protection act relating to vacancy decontrol; repealer

Makes conforming technical changes to the New York City administrative code and the emergency tenant protection act relating to vacancy decontrol.

Linda RosenthalHousing, Construction And Community Development Committee

Relates to insurer recovery from health care providers

Relates to insurer recovery from health care providers; provides that except where there is a reasonable belief of fraud or intentional misconduct, a health plan shall not determine an overpayment…

Richard GottfriedInsurance Committee

Increases penalties and sentences for driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of alcohol and drugs

Increases penalties and sentences for driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of alcohol and drugs.

Janele Hyer-SpencerTransportation Committee

Relates to the collection of mercury containing thermostats

Relates to the collection of mercury-containing thermostats.

Robert SweeneyEnvironmental Conservation Committee

Requires restoration of areas adjacent to wetlands

Requires restoration of areas adjacent to wetlands by those persons who, following procedures set forth in law, have been directed to cease violation and to restore the affected wetlands.

Robert SweeneyCodes Committee

Relates to applications for absentee ballots

Relates to applications for absentee ballots; provides for the application to be made in writing in the form of a letter, telefax or other written instrument which is signed by the voter.

Sandy GalefOn the Assembly floor

Adds to the definition of serious injury and relates to determining the sufficiency of the evidence related to the serious injury

Adds to the definition of serious injury and relates to determining the sufficiency of the evidence related to the serious injury; question of fact determined by the trier.

Matthew TitoneInsurance Committee